entertainment rewards scam

[Lrn]

so i bought some tickets on ticketmaster to i think see digweed back in december and i guess there sister company "entertainment rewards" sent me an offer for free coupons or some shit, and after 30 days of beeing signed up they started charging me 9 bucks a month. when i noticed the charge at first i thought maybe is was jsut some drunkin purchase, but today i realized it was some bullshit scam i called them up and got them to reverse all the charges. i looked online and it looked like a lot of people have been tricked into this bs, and since its directly related to ticketmaster tickets, i thought it was worth mentioning it on this board.

heres a link to other people that got n00bed by ticketmaster

http://www.epinions.com/msg/show_~threads/cat_id_~22/id_~3855/forum_id_~145

so to anyone, like me who have lot of purchases that you dont remeber and think they are from when you black out, look for charges from entertanment rewards

[rubyraks]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

that's why I make a point of asking any and all free offers if they'll eventually start charging me unless I cancel after a time and if yes I tell em to fuck off!

[neoee]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

Some CC companies now do one time credit card numbers which you can set limits and your own expirations on.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2004-05-10-single-use-credit_x.htm

[FM]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

sounds like EW & Ticketmaster made a nice little deal under the table...

Sad to say, this vague print in the TOS could stretch for anything and probably won't get changed or notified until enough people complain:

Providing Merchants with Contact Information. In addition to selling event tickets on the Site, Ticketmaster may sell other goods or services, allow you to make reservations, or allow you to participate in (or register for) contests, sweepstakes or other offers or programs (such as discount or rewards programs, magazine subscriptions, hotel bookings or cruises) on the Site. Typically, these goods, services, contests, sweepstakes or other offers or programs ("Special Offers") for which you make purchases, orders or reservations, or for which you participate in or register, are provided by third parties ("Merchants"). Consequently, if you elect to engage in a Merchant's Special Offer, Ticketmaster may provide that Merchant with your contact information - in fact, when you elect to engage in a Merchant's Special Offer you consent for us to provide your email address and other information to that Merchant. Because Merchants are not part of Ticketmaster, Merchants are not subject to this privacy policy and may use your contact information to communicate with you by sending emails or through other means, and may share your contact information with others. If you want to learn about a particular Merchant's privacy policies, or you do not want to receive communications from a particular Merchant, or you have other questions, instructions or concerns to which you would like a Merchant to respond, then you must contact that Merchant directly.

[Lrn]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

yea its shady

[shosh]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

slim tho

[nicomax]

Re: entertainment rewards scam

Same thing happened to me a few months ago. They finally reversed all the charges but it was still a pain. I generally don't like Ticketmaster but this was too much for me.